Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8256 Processor

(16.5M Cache, 3.80 GHz)

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Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications

Essentials

Vertical Segment
Server
Product Collection
2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Processor Number
8256
Status
Launched
Launch Date
Q2'19
Lithography
14 nm

Performance

# of Cores
4
# of Threads
8
Processor Base Frequency
3.80 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency
3.90 GHz
Cache
16.5 MB
# of UPI Links
3
TDP
105 W

Supplemental Information

Embedded Options Available
No

Memory Specifications

Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Supported
Yes
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
1 TB
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
Maximum Memory Speed
2933 MHz
Max # of Memory Channels
6
ECC Memory Supported ‡
Yes

Expansion Options

Scalability
S8S
PCI Express Revision
3.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
48

Package Specifications

Sockets Supported
FCLGA3647
TCASE
72°C
Package Size
76.0mm x 56.5mm

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)
Yes
Intel® Speed Select Technology - Performance Profile
No
Intel® Speed Select Technology - Base Frequency
No
Intel® Resource Director Technology (Intel® RDT)
Yes
Intel® Speed Shift Technology
Yes
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 ‡
No
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡
2.0
Intel vPro® Platform Eligibility ‡
Yes
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡
Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡
Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡
Yes
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡
Yes
Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions
Yes
Intel® 64 ‡
Yes
Instruction Set Extensions
Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
# of AVX-512 FMA Units
2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
Yes
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Yes

Security & Reliability

Intel® AES New Instructions
Yes
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡
Yes
Execute Disable Bit ‡
Yes
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Yes
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Yes
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Where to Buy

Where to Buy


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Features and Benefits

Features and Benefits

Foundation for AI

Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors are built specifically for the flexibility to run complex AI workloads on the same hardware as your existing workloads; and 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors take embedded AI performance to the next level with new AI acceleration, including new Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost).

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Groundbreaking Memory Innovation

A new foundation for performance begins with support for Intel’s breakthrough Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory, delivering up-to 36TB of system-level memory capacity when combine with traditional DRAM, helping to transform critical data workloads – from cloud and databases, to in-memory analytics, and content delivery networks, now supported by select 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.

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A New Class of Advanced Performance

Designed for high performance computing (HPC), advanced artificial intelligence and analytics, the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 9000 processors deliver breakthrough levels of performance with the highest Intel® architecture FLOPS per rack, along with the highest DDR memory bandwidth support of any Intel® Xeon® processor platform.

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Related Technologies

Related Technologies

Intel® Speed Select Technology (Intel® SST)

A collection of configurable processor features, Intel® Speed Select Technology (Intel® SST), enables the optimization of processing resources to enhance workload performance, increase utilization, and can help optimize TCO.

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Intel® Infrastructure Management Technologies (Intel® IMT)

A framework for resource management, Intel® Infrastructure Management Technologies, combines multiple Intel capabilities that support platform-level detection, reporting, and configuration. This hardware-enhanced monitoring, management, and control of resources can help enable greater data center resource efficiently and utilization.

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Intel® Threat Detection Technology (Intel® TDT)

Intel® Threat Detection Technology (Intel® TDT) enables hardware-based protection that gets smarter over time, using Accelerated Memory Scanning and Advanced Platform Telemetry to enhance system protection and identify anomalies quickly.

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Benchmarks

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